Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 454 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 15 - CONFIDENTIALITY FOR TRADE SECRETS
Section 454-15-001
Current through March 20, 2024
Whenever the Department requests that an entity furnish records or information which may be entitled to confidential treatment as trade secrets under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712.05, the entity may raise a claim of confidentiality for trade secrets at the time of submission of the record or information to the Department.
001.01. If no claim of confidentiality for trade secrets accompanies the record or information when it is received by the Department, the claim is waived and the material may be made available to the public by the Department without further notice to the submitting entity, unless the claimant establishes a just reason for the claim subsequent to submission of the record or information under 002.
001.02. The claimant shall certify the record or information by placing on or attaching at the time of submission a cover sheet with appropriate notice, reasons for asserting the claim, and language, such as trade secret, proprietary, or confidential.
001.03. The appropriate notice and reasons for asserting the claim shall include:
001.04. Allegedly confidential portions of otherwise non-confidential records and information should be clearly identified by the claimant and may be submitted separately to facilitate identification and handling by the Department. The Department may require the claimant to submit a separate copy of the record and information with the confidential portions omitted to facilitate requests for access by the public.
001.05. If the entity desires confidential treatment only until a certain date or the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.